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Appropriations committee finalizes FY26 adjustment language; leaves voucher and payment-reform decisions to conference
Summary
The Appropriations Committee reviewed transfers, reverted prior-year appropriations totaling $35.9 million, updated direct applications (+$4.9 million), and approved language letting the Emergency Board transfer from a $50 million contingency for housing voucher needs; the committee set a short reconvening to vote on final bill text.
The Appropriations Committee met to close out the fiscal year 2026 budget adjustment and finalized language on several items, including transfer changes, prior-year reversions and contingency authority for housing vouchers, while deferring a final vote until a brief reconvening.
The meeting centered on a set of technical edits and fiscal updates presented by Joint Fiscal Office staff. Committee materials showed the governor had recommended transferring about $1,600,000 from the general fund to the criminal history records check fund; a separate roughly $67,000 transfer to a pilot special fund that the governor proposed was not funded by the House and is omitted from the committee’s concurrence. Staff also reported roughly $4,900,000 in additional direct applications from special funds into the general fund based on updated estimates, including changes in…
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